Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
यत्र तिष्ठंति यज्ञाश्च यत्र तिष्ठंति देवताः । यत्र तिष्ठंति ऋषयो मुनयो योगवित्तमाः
yatra tiṣṭhaṃti yajñāśca yatra tiṣṭhaṃti devatāḥ | yatra tiṣṭhaṃti ṛṣayo munayo yogavittamāḥ
तोच तो स्थान आहे जिथे यज्ञ स्वतः स्थिर आहेत, जिथे देवता वास करतात, आणि जिथे योगविद्येचे श्रेष्ठ ऋषि-मुनी प्रतिष्ठित आहेत।
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dvārakā is envisioned as a sacred mandala where yajña fires glow, devas stand in attendance, and yogic ṛṣis sit in meditation—an all-in-one spiritual ecosystem.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is recognized by the presence of dharma—sacrifice, divine grace, and realized sages—gathered in one sanctified place.
Dvārakā (within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā-māhātmya).
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse characterizes the site as the natural abode of yajña, gods, and yogic sages.